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Summary

Possible former field boundaries of possible Medieval date are visible as earthwork banks to the west of Bowden Farm on aerial photographs of the 1940s onwards and digital images derived from Lidar data acquired in April 2006. The boundaries had probably passed out of use by 1840.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FIELD BOUNDARY (Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD to 1840 AD)

Full description

James Webb, 1840, Map for the commutation of Tithes in the Parish of Ilfracombe in the county of Devon (Cartographic). SDV350383.

The earthworks do not correspond with any depicted boundaries.

Royal Air Force, 19/05/1947, RAF/CPE/UK/2082, NMR RAF/CPE/UK/2082 4068-4069 19-MAY-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV350392.

Curvilinear earthwork banks and a possible former infield enclosure are visible west of Bowden Farm. Map object based on this source.

Environment Agency, 2006, LiDAR data JPEG image (1 metre resolution), LIDAR SS5246 Environment Agency D0059631 04-APR-2006 (Cartographic). SDV350492.

The possible boundaries are visible as slight earthworks. Map object based on this source.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S., 2011 - 2012, North Devon Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV349018.

A possible former field boundary and bank defined infield enclosure of possible Medieval date are visible as earthwork banks to the west of Bowden Farm on aerial photographs of the 1940s onwards. The relict earthworks fit comfortably within the surrounding extant pattern of field boundaries, which have been characterised as Medieval enclosures based on strip fields and might previously have been part of the infield at Bowden Farm. The earthworks do not correspond with any boundaries depicted on the tithe map for Ilfracombe and had therefore probably passed out of use prior to 1840. The earthworks remain visible as slight features on digital images derived from Lidar data acquired in April 2006.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV349018	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S.. 2011 - 2012. North Devon Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. ACD383/2/1. Digital.
	Linked documents:1
SDV350383	Cartographic: James Webb. 1840. Map for the commutation of Tithes in the Parish of Ilfracombe in the county of Devon. Tithe Map.
SDV350392	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 19/05/1947. RAF/CPE/UK/2082. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). NMR RAF/CPE/UK/2082 4068-4069 19-MAY-1947.
SDV350492	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 2006. LiDAR data JPEG image (1 metre resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR SS5246 Environment Agency D0059631 04-APR-2006.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6132 - North Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty NMP Project

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